Evidence Indicates Trump’s Election Was A Victory For Populism

Eight months after his upset victory in the 2016 presidential election, more signs are emerging that Trump’s defeat of Clinton represents the triumph of populism.

I have long asserted the need for a new party to replace the existing two-party tyranny which created a Washington Consensus that includes the leadership of both major parties and which has led to massive corruption.http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=57250

That theory was supported in recent years by the rise of the Tea Party Right and the Occupy Left which were represented by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in 2016.

When the DNC conspired to deny Sanders the nomination, it opened a huge space for Trump to emerge as the true champion of populist sentiment in the center where the alt-left and alt right merged on TPP; an end to bank bailouts; no more illegal wars based on lies; and curtailment of NSA spying.

He strongly condemns the Republican Establishment whom he states are working to nullify the 2016 election while confirming that Trump made a huge mistake at the start of his Administration by allowing himself to be co-opted by the very forces he ran against.http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47791.htm

Cynthia McKinney and Robert David Steele have done their best to pick up the fallen populist banner that Trump dropped quickly after entering the White House. But despite their good intentions and brilliance, #UNRIG needs to be modified to resonate more powerfully with the broader electorate rather than with the only media and academia.http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=83690

If the likes of Bannon, McKinney, Steele, Paul, Tulsi Gabbard and countless other well-meaning citizens falls short of “draining the swamp” the prospects of endless wars and an oppressive national security state will only grow stronger.